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WIGK KAISER FOR LAMPS.

No. 324,087. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ABEL COMES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., ASSIGNOR TO THEPLUME 85 AIWVOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF \VATERBURY, CONN.

WICK-RAISER FOCR LAMPS.

HL l-iCEE'IUA-LTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,087, datedAugust 11, 1885.

Application'filcd June 1, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ABEL OoMBs, of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in \Vick -Raisers for Lamps,of which the following is a specification.

Argand lamps have heretofore been made in which the wick is raised byclaws at opposite sides acted upon by a cam; but it is difficult topressthe claws in or draw them out by the same device which moves such clawsup and down. In Letters Patent No. 136,034, granted to me February 18,1873, an Argand wick is raised by claws with finger-pieces for pressingthe claws or catches inwardly, and by a cam that acts for raising andlowering the claws.

My present invention is an improvement upon my aforesaid patent, andrelates to the combination, with the claws for grasping the wick, of aslider to which the claws are connected, a crank for moving the slider,a rotary cam-ring for pressing the claws into place or allowing them tospring out, and a toothwheel for giving motion to the rotary camring. Bythis construction the up-and-down movement which is given to the clawsis positive, and the cams act at the proper time simply to press in theclaws as they force up or draw down the wick.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the burner. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the slider and claws.v

The wick-tube A is connected at its lower end with the base 13, which isprovided with the attaching-screw b and the perforated airdistributer a,and the air-tube C is within the wick-tube A, and usually provided witha lateral inlet, 0, passing through the wick-tube, so that the airpasses into the air-tube from within the air-distributer. \Vithin thewicktube A is a slider, D, to which is attached a guide-plate, d, theedges of which are between projections or lips upon the outside of thewick-tube, and the wick-tube is slotted vertically for the passage ofthe connection between the guide-plated and the slider D. Upon thisguide-plate (Z are horizontal flanges c, forming between them a slot forthe crank-pin r at the end of the shaft F, which shaft passes through atubular bearing, G, that projects at one side of the air-distributer;and His the turn-button at the end of the shaft F. Within the wicktubeand attached to the end portions of the slides D are the claws K, havingat the back projecting ribs or plates Z, that pass through and areguided in slots in the wick-tube A.

It will now be understood that on turning the button H the crank i, atthe end of the 6o shaft F, will raise and lower the slider D, claws K,and ribs or plates Z; but in order to cause the claws to grasp the wickI make use of the revolving cam-ring N, the edges of which rest upon theair-distributer, and are retained in place by clip-pieces 0, in the formof tongues, projecting up from the air-distributer and turned over theedges of 0am ring N; but this cam-ring is free to be revolved, and forthis purpose I-provide in the cam-ring N a circular range of smallholes, and upon the shaft F, I attach a pinion, I. The size of thispinion should be such that the cam-ring N will be revolved once forevery four revolutions of the pinion, and the inner edges of thecam-ring N are undulating to press in the claws K, or to allow them tospring back. The teeth of this pinion entering the holes of the circularrange of holes in the camring give to said cam-ring a rotary motion atthe same time that the crank moves the slider up or down, and the partsare constructed so that when the turn-button is revolved in onedirection the cams of the rings will press upon the ribs or plates Z andforce the same inwardly,to cause the claws K to grasp the wick and carryit-up, but when the turn-butt0n H is moved in the other direction theclaws will be forced in as the crank t is moving the slides and clawsdownwardly; hence the wick will 0 be pulled down.

The chimney-holder and deflector or cone made use of in this burner areto be of any ordinary character. They are by preference removable togive access to the wick in trim 5 ming or lighting.

1 claim as my inventiou- 1. In combination with an Argand-lamp burnerhaving a wick-tube provided with slots,

a slider within the wick-tube, and a plate outside the same andconnected to the slider, a shaft and crank, and a connection between,

the crank and slider, springarnis connected to the slider, and havingclaws to engage the wick, and provided with projections extend ing outthrough the slots in the WlCl-llll)O, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with an Argand -]anip burner having a wick -tul eprovided with slots, a slider within the wick-tube, and a plateconnected to such slider outside the wick-tube, a shaft and crank, and aconnection between the crank and slider, spring-arms connected to theslider having claws to engage the wick, and provided with projectionsextending out through the slots in the wick-tube, and a camplate to actupon the spring-arms, substantially as specified.

Theco1nbination,withtheArgand burner having an airtnbe and a wick-tube,of a slider, spring-arms having claws within the Wicktuhe, acrank-shaft, and connection with the slider outside the wick-tube, acam-ring around the wiclctubefliaving a gear-connection forming a partof the same, and a pinion on the erank-shatt to engage with and revolvethe cam-ring, substantial] y as set forth.

Signed by me this 27th day of May, A. l). 1885.

ABEL COMES.

Witnesses:

ELLwooD BONSALL, Isaac TOWNSEND.

